Mage/Silver Ladder

“It’s not about the lust for power.It’s about the need for a grander world.Enlightenment is the birthright of all mankind; the Supernal is there for all to grasp.Do you have a plan to take us there? No?Then step back and let us show you the way.”

The elemental precepts

xxxxxThe elemental precepts are the guiding principles of the Silver Ladder.

Thunder: Imperium is the right of humanity: There is no original sin, no deserving of the punishment levied by a Fallen World. Ascension is the birthright of all human souls, denied by the Exarchs’ Lies. Sleepers can’t see past the distractions of a World that keeps them from self-actualization, destroying one another’s chances of escape in a vast prisoner’s dilemma. In response, the Ladder strives towards a perfected society, defined by mastery of magic and progress towards Awakening and Ascension.

Diamond: The Awakened are one nation: Mages have a common bond to the Time Before and the Supernal, constituting a nation and rendering all citizens beholden to the law within a perfected and equivalent array. Banishers and Seers are obviously in open rebellion and are to be treated as such, but they still have rights and privileges as mages. The Awakened are bound to Consilia, which they must exalt above any Sleeper government. This principle was extended even in the Ladder’s ancient days, precipitating the formation and structure of the Diamond Orders and their millennia-long association.

Blood: The Sleepers follow: Once all souls are free, the Exarchs will surrender or be annihilated, their conceptual identity relegated to mere theory. The perfect Awakened city will arise, not some time-lost ruin that Fell but a true utopia the Ladder will build. Humanity will rise as one, and then the Ladder’s true work will begin. Until that point, the Ladder leads, commanding Sleepers for their own good and against their own unwise impulses.

Star: The Silver Ladder is the path to victory: The Ladder defines the stages of enlightenment souls progress up, from laborers to Ascended Sages, but despite the Free Council’s rhetoric the Ladder believes everyone and anyone deserves the right to move to a rung that best suits them, even if it’s not at the top. Let artists be artists, let managers, manage… and let mages work miracles. Awakened souls have a destiny and an obligation to uplift the Sleepers and bring Sleepwalkers to Awakening.

Helpful Reading Thing!:A Helpful Primer on playing in the Silver Ladder, for both new and existing characters.